Word: shells
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carrying the shell down to the water...
...WERE WAITING at a stoplight in Central Square when I noticed two women in long formal gowns waving at me from inside a Shell station. "Pull up," I told the cabbie, and we picked up these women and their dates, crowding six into the legally-mandated space for five. As we careened down Mass. Ave. the cabbie turned to me and asked, "What are all these tuxedos in the Square...
Sitting in their stone-walled shelters, the guerrillas joke with insouciance while sipping tea and munching on bread and grapes. When an enemy shell goes spectacularly awry, they exchange gibes about the enemy's marksmanship. Near misses evoke nods and grins of appreciation...
...reader that the unreal is actually occurring. Critic Jacques Barzun once analyzed the technique of the effective horror novelist: "Since terror descriptions must perpetually make the reader accept yet question the strange amid the familiar, the writer pursues the muse of ambiguity. He begins by establishing a solid outer shell of comfort -- the clergyman's study, the lawyer's book-lined room, the well-placed camping tent, or the cozy room at the inn or club, with fortifying drinks at hand. But soon a vague unease, a chill in the air, or else a strong shock undermines or shatters composure...
...Harvard students who prefer not to shell out substantial amounts of cash to buy a tux turn to Cambridge Formal Wear, at 1902 Massachusetts Ave., where undegrads can rent a tuxedo for $45 or $55 an evening. The rental company currently has an inventory of 400 tuxedos...